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Sources: Ghana Statistical Service (quarterly GDP from StatsBank, consumer prices via the IMF, labour surveys via ILOSTAT), Bank of Ghana (exchange rate via the IMF), IMF, World Bank (GDP before 2006, population, access to electricity), ILO, Natural Earth, World Bank (Worldwide Governance Indicators), V-Dem Institute, Transparency International, World Happiness Report, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons; heads of state checked against the official lists. CreditsPrivacy

John Mahama (National Democratic Congress) has been President of Ghana since 7 Jan 2025. Ghana's real GDP jumped 6.1% a year under John Mahama, in office since January 2025. Ghana ranks 4th of 63 national leaders on GDP growth; on GDP per person it is 5th of 62. Under Nana Akufo-Addo (2017 to 2025) the same series climbed 4.9% a year. The latest governance scores, for 2025 and from before this tenure: rule of law 58.6 of 100 (the World Bank) and corruption perceptions index 43 of 100 (Transparency International). From Q2 2025 the figures come from GSS's new Quarterly Labour Force Survey, after the household income and expenditure survey's quarters of 2022-2024.

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